The Pioneering of the World’s LONGEST Wave…

[@HoStevie]

As a goofy footer, this wave is at the top of my bucket list 🙌🏽

[@frankdaily8932]

I surfed there in 2000 and it was absolutely empty. Just me and someone I had just met. A couple local kids came out and watched. We asked if they wanted to borrow our Boards. They hopped on and absolutely ripped! We spent the next couple of days trading waves and boards with the locals.

[@LGguedo]

A year before, same experience. And another wave up the coast, clocked a 3minute ride one day

[@hoopslaa5235]

Kids with no board and borrowed and no video ripped huh? Yeah sure bro. I’ve been there and got it WELL OVER HEAD and it’s average. Costa Rica’s left Pavones is a better wave, NOT A LONGER WAVE butt a better quality rippable performance high coordination pro level wave. Chicama is basic average and the real wave is down by the pier and steep and barreling But looks like you talk all this chit and the wave is soooooo basic. Not sorry, I just wish you fools could tell the truth and not try to act and sound cool. Just tell the truth. The wave is flat-ISH is not steep and doesn’t barrel and doesn’t get very good. LOOOONNNGGGG IS NOT GOOD. Long is just long. From every chick thru all porn say the loooonnnggggesst Diqs are not the best and usually MORE OFTEN THAN NOT LAME. Not sorry. I tell the truth. I don’t want people to waste time and money going searching for golden roads when it’s just dirt and dust traps of poverty. The wave is POVERTY.

[@jan8742]

@@LGguedo yeah its nothing special for that region, you have incredibly long lefts in Pacasmayo and a couple of other places too

[@markwarren3724]

I surfed there in 1994. Hopped on a bus with few Peruvian friends from Huanchaco, and spent 3 days surfing head high + waves and rolling down sand dunes. We were the only ones out for the whole time. I do recall the accommodations closest the point were a bit dodgy. Great work as always, Dan.

[@adambane1719]

I surfed there in 1993 !!!!!!

[@DH-wr7rw]

Surfed there in 1985. Spent 3 weeks there and was surf every day from 3-6 foot. There were about 6 of us surfers in town. Got bored so went to Huanchaco where there was a little bit of nightlife, and the surf was bigger (6-8 foot) but not nearly as perfect and long. One of my best surf trips.

[@krustysurfer]

Dreamy

[@jimmyloe7780]

what an incredible run thru of an amazing gift we get to have joy with if we worked hard enough or lucky enough to experience . Ur stuff is gold

[@ightoaks]

I could ever only even imagine the feeling and excitement they had pulling up to that wave for the first time. 🤙

[@DanHarmon123]

Be so so good!!

[@briseboy]

No leashes existed in the 60s. Sometime in that period, the Florida surfers, for whom South America was much closer - see maps, began to tell others of the predominance of Lefts in Peru and Chile. I think of someone who told tales of days of driving, and of trading car driving back up to heads of points and riding long waves. And as guys below relate, it was fun encountering local kids in some Latin American places, teaching them basics of surfing. This differs from tourism, as families accept you, and you eat home meals. Even arriving in the night, you end up with firelight and mixed language tales of lives impossibly different than that regarded as common. (You can never fit into the farce or shallowness of most societies, especially the one in which you grew up!)

[@Gulfgrown]

Great video. I remember seeing this break/stories in the magazines in the 70s. Unreal. I could retire there

[@hoopslaa5235]

Tell us you’re a kook and average surfer without telling us. The wave is basic and average and flat 45° it doesn’t barrel except down by the pier and nobody besides pros can ride the pier fast and hollow. Kooks litter the point as it’s a basic average ho-hum meh wave. SOOOOO NOT WORTH THE MONEY OR TIME OR TRAVEL TO GO. Do not waste your time unless you only have time and money to waste, that’s why NO PROS HAVE ANY REOCCURING EVERY YEAR GOING BACK FOOTAGE. No body that can surf well ever goes back twice to chicama. WAKE UP PEOPLE WHY DONT YOU SEE IT ON MAG COVERS AND HIGH LEVEL PRO SURF VIDEOS? Hello????🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️👀👀👀

[@cory_hugs7850]

@@hoopslaa5235just as much as you think this commenter is a kook, I’m sure the rest of us think you’re a douch bag. Let ppl dream their own dreams 🤷🏻‍♂️ only a POS would say something like you just did. Take a deep breath, read comments and move on , no need to go off on a dude just stating his dream… 🤮

[@eddiemclaughlin-e2m]

"aquatic banquet" ........my my sir ......beautifully put .....not been but on the list for next year ..

[@DanHarmon123]

Thank you!!

[@williamedmett7357]

I love the historical analysis and background of the location and discovery. Great work!!

[@adambane1719]

"historical analysis".... lol. That was actually funny

[@williamedmett7357]

​@adambane1719 are those big words for you? 😂

[@adambane1719]

@@williamedmett7357 You misunderstand the zero effort that went into that video....Willy boy.

[@williamedmett7357]

​@@adambane1719where are your surf trip videos?

[@adambane1719]

@@williamedmett7357 Thats a weak cr*p "argument", Willy boy.

[@glenbradley1046]

I look at that wave and I see my buddy Rob Harris …. He surfed it … came home an told us the story. God Bless your soul Robbie… early 80’s he was there….🙏BRO

[@Live2Surf]

Dan, that was amazing. Very informative. Yeah, saw your adventures in Peru. 🇵🇪 very cool-keep it up man

[@DanHarmon123]

Thank you very much!!

[@flowryderg3023]

brilliant, i was really feeling your story of discovering this wave and now i really wanna go there

[@NJ1535]

thanks for always having good content! 🙌

[@DanHarmon123]

Thanks Brother!! Stoked you enjoyed this one :)

[@DR-bu1sr]

EL HOMBRE was such a legend !! RIP ... HELLO HOPE YOU MET DORIS !!!

[@angolinchos]

Great video mate! What an amazing place Peru

[@alma.andtheocean5799]

Great Content, thank you!😀

[@dabootvv]

leaving this comment to come back to when you have 100k+ subscribers, awesome work!

[@rpatrickmullen6402]

My brother surfed it in 1971 with one other guy who happened to turn up. He still has his film images of lines stacked to the horizon. No leashes.

[@c.bennett5658]

Very cool !! Thanks !!

[@dennismccarthy7032]

Thank you Dan❤

[@JamesPickard-t6w]

love the content mate! i grew up surfing north cornwall, not too far from u, i was in bali for a couple years in 12/13, cant beleive whats happened at ulus, its horrible to see! i agree other countries should take note of peru

[@andymat7359]

Bucket list #1

[@mseller12]

Very interesting video. I want to go to Chicama!

[@johnwrou]

I've surfed Chicama (at a very amateur level) three times. There is another very nice left near the town of Huaura with the name Playa Centinela.

[@yahwea]

Great adventure story finding the legendary wave! I will just say as to your question, I would love to see a series on Brazilian waves! As many as is possible!! 🤙 Cheers, Los Angeles

[@DanHarmon123]

Epic! Thanks mate... Definitely keen to head bak to Brazil :)

[@channel6sandiego]

First visited in 1975, myself and 2 friends traveled overland by busses and trains from San Digo, We stayed for about 3 months in chicama and only saw a handful of people...mostly empty waves and lots of fun........

[@hoopslaa5235]

75 huh…. Oookkaaayyy

[@channel6sandiego]

@@hoopslaa5235 Yeah rent was $6.00 a day split 3 ways....had to go to Paiján to call back home.....really the better waves were in between where no one is still talking about,,,dont see anyone shooting vids,,,,,,enjoyed your vid thanks...

[@blogo1111]

Graduated high school SD ‘75 and started learning surfing that summer.

[@Vandivervida]

Awesome!

[@surffreq1752]

Nice episode Dan , really enjoyed surfing Chicama in 2000 , such a fun wave , many sessions just a couple of others out . Staying at Hombres , great view down the point , no boats then , thank fuck ! What's wrong with walking or jogging back up to the point , noisy stinky outboards would detract from the experience for me . Peru is an amazing country to visit , plenty of interesting sights and sites , and great waves ! 😄✌🙏

[@sinkingputts]

I have a friend that lives down there and he says those sections actually do connect on huge days. Like once or twice a year it happens

[@godfreybala6868]

That current is no joke, I actually surfed all the way down to Malabrigo point at the farthest headland and surfed my way to First point

[@ramzitubbeh-fy8sz]

Agreed. It’s like a slow river.

[@deanarndell4609]

Fantastic mate, check out Mancora further north and do a history on that when you have time. I surfed there Jan 2010...Got smashed in the 6-8ft days, but frothed on the 2-3ft day lol... Peru mucho gusto 🤙🏄🌅🌴✨

[@jimsibley1651]

Awesome to hear that Peru is purposely protecting their surf spots - after so many times having heard of the opposite in many places

[@brianm4157]

the government is full of crap, they are lying, they built 500 plus homes here last 2 years all within a kilometer of the point. there is constant construction of hotels and new homes, so sad

[@jonathanalbert7270]

I went there in 2022 but I was recovering from ameoba sickness I got in Lima I flew from Lima to Cusco to go to Macha Piccu and started feeling sick i was in bed all day when I was supposed to go see the Incan ruins and the next day I went to the hospital was there all day and got very good treatment they gave me all of the drugs I needed and let me out the next morning so I could fly to Lima and then Trujillo the next day which we then took a taxi like an hour & 1/2 to Chicama I was there 3 days but never felt well enough to go surf. One thing really supprised me though is that the water temperature is so cold there compared to Montanita Equador which I did get a chance to surf and I loved.

[@michaelj8793]

The big fly in the ointment back then was the extremely poor quality wetsuits that were available legendary rashes were the norm and quite painful but Definitely worth it Anyways Thanks for sharing another killer video my friend Be well and Safe travels 👍

[@killbill5486]

Also no surf forecasting. Crap shoot at every spot in the world.

[@DanHarmon123]

Thanks Michael!!

[@garypalmer5441]

What rashies what wetsuits there was none or legropes lucky to have wax

[@andrewgordon2311]

See more of them,yeah Red Bluff and surrounds.You're stuff is great.

[@TheStokeAge]

yewww super rad!

[@copperaudio9664]

Very nicely done.

[@andylongmore6285]

Good vid 🤙

[@DanHarmon123]

Thanks!!

[@brianm4157]

EXCELLENT, well done video, you are awesome. i been living here in chicama for 15 years, you nailed it!!! however, one small corection.......the government is full of crap, they are lying, they the government built 500 plus homes here last 2 years all within a kilometer of the point. there is constant construction of hotels and new homes, even chicken farms have popped upm on the othe side of themountain, so sad

[@leonardberverena1030]

Good video ❤🏄🤙

[@DanHarmon123]

Thank you :))

[@ugocdf7706]

Oiga No es la ola mas larga del mundo.....es la ola perfecta mas larga del mundo! Es una diferencia k vale la pena aclarar! Arriba Peru,carajo

[@Copperpipe]

How is the wave for long boarding, walking the nose, etc.?

[@stevodakine1]

This is a longer wave than Skeleton Bay in Namibia? It defiantly looks more docile for sure. Namibia is a scary wave with scary things lurking below.

[@markweigel3301]

I surfed there in the early 1990’s

[@adamdeveau6311]

I’d have to stop half way for a smoke

[@pikiwiki]

kudos for "aquatic banquet."

[@taijitu123]

Thanks for all the great and trip inspiring content!

[@DanHarmon123]

Thanks mate!

[@paulgush]

I would have tried to make contact with the pilots flying that route from Hawaii to Lima. They probably could have found it within a few flights

[@peace7267]

the history of red bluff, carnarvan W.Aus. and the coastline around there.

[@fernandofrazao]

I think they wouldn't be wearing leashes back then, but that adds to the tales.

[@fergferguson7370]

I remember when every great wave discovery was a big secret….

[@lyndonreddick1888]

Strange though now, that one never sees surfing video of this place especially since there are plenty of drone shots made in surfing vids. It'd be possible.

[@wallow2002]

great video,

[@DanHarmon123]

Thank you :))

[@fstadnik]

Been there twice. That is where you learn what "jelly legs" actually are.

[@DanHarmon123]

For sure!!

[@DR-bu1sr]

Chicama is indeed not the longest wave in the world... in fact Pacasmayo, its neighbor is even longer .... Been there many times :)

[@ramzitubbeh-fy8sz]

I’ve surfed both waves. Chicama is technically longer, if you can manage to catch one that connects all the way. You need lots of swell to even have a chance. Pacasmayo is also ridiculously long and you have much greater chances of getting a longer wave in Pacasmayo because it is more powerful and sections connect all the way more consistently. Pacasmayo is such an underrated wave just because Chicama is longer when it is absolutely pumping. I prefer Pacasmayo any day.

[@jakecoffelt7856]

The Peruvian boys discovered the world's longest wave and invented the leash on the same trip? Amazing. Almost unbelievable.

[@williamwalton583]

I had drilled a hole in my boards fin and used a a window sashchord and football sock as a (legrope) in Bondi . Circa 1968, Along with some others

[@gilesporter6526]

Any chance of renting a board when there? I'll be arriving by motorcycle. Also, what is the weather like year round?

[@brianm4157]

yes there are board rentals here in chicama

[@RutherfordRyan1]

No leashes mate…..get your mind back to those older, better times with millions less surfers when it was still fun

[@nenzen938]

Depending on where you are it is still fun

[@williamhanley7031]

Thanks to some people almost every new found or off beaten patch is well known.

[@spacesticklab]

…..rumors of a mile long left way up north near Canada

[@barracuda833]

How cold is the water? Wondering its more of a brand new 4/3 suit kinda wave or 3/2

[@mosyd8973]

Surfed it in dec/jan. Needed 4/3

[@DR-bu1sr]

The "El Hombre" section is known to be the best section of the whole point BTW ... I have old clips oufffffffffka

[@johngriffiths2174]

Get a foil and then start 3 point breaks up!

[@petersheely7246]

👍😎

[@krustysurfer]

Much much much much better than a man-made wave pool! ❤️🫶⭐🎯🙌🤙

[@coreydonkin5941]

I reckons shippiez in nz is just aslong and good

[@jonny8597]

You reckon there's a longer wave we haven't found yet?

[@ceeemm1901]

"Throwing leashes on" in the 60's?....don't think so....

[@BorisNoiseChannel]

No doubt we can now use AI to (help) search for the ideal _'wave-generating'_ conditions, that might exist at other unpopulated strips of coastline around the world (and in which season to best go there?)

[@fergferguson7370]

How? AI way over rated

[@BorisNoiseChannel]

@@fergferguson7370 you might think that because you have to ask _"how"_ ?

[@africanrhythm]

Skeleton Bay Namibia in the same league if not better - super hollow as well?

[@ramzitubbeh-fy8sz]

Skeleton Bay is definitely better quality. More hollow, advanced surfers only. Chicama is a “fun wave” as Dan said. Still a great wave, just not as perfect as Skeleton.

[@srevabkdmd2923]

Fact check no leashes in the 60s

[@barreldreamz7852]

Namibia or this one as the longest???

[@lesterma1608]

Not going for this story, there is a fishing town at the bottom of the point! Not so isolated

[@skinrat81374]

You hear a lot abt the world's longest left, worlds second longest left... but what's the world's longest right?

[@godisbollocks]

Possibly the Superbank at Coolangatta, Australia

[@bonefishboards]

No one was throwing on leashes in the 1960s

[@Riker-ER]

my thoughts also!

[@DanHarmon123]

Haha yeah true!! I just said that as a turn of phrase...

[@pedrolito862]

what happened at @0:56 haha

[@rcsurfingSA]

Wouldn’t matter if there was 200 in the water would it

[@akadad1950]

Leashes in '66?

[@khhk2004]

The section connect with the right swel , just sayin

[@DanHarmon123]

Wow... that would be insane!!

[@beeline2]

....they put their leashes on and paddled out??? there were no leashes in the 60's!

[@bzaden]

I think skeleton bay is the worlds longest wave

[@pascalchristen8357]

it's natural wonder of the world! BUT... its NOT the longes wave in the world! I know a few that are longer. BUT as the locals call it, the longest perfect wave in the world

[@climber222]

Even at it's best it's just a mal wave

[@marevs]

This is NOT the longest wave in the world.I surfed here in 75 and it was long but not as long as Scorpion bay on a big swellBoth are about a mile long.Chicama gets twice as long on a big swell but Scorpion Bay can get 4X as long on a swell.Chicama is about a mile but Scorpion has 4 mile long points that occasionally connect.Having said that a wave a mile long is over rated; you still need to get back to the take off spot.Usually against a strong current.Give me a 200 yard barreling speed run any day!

[@paldal9606]

You should just surf around crescent head until a great white helps everybody out

[@jray2460]

"throwing on leashes"????? I don't think they hade been invented

[@Mike-zb7ts]

1:18

[@Mike-zb7ts]

Fun fact. Maybe. At :18 in this clip are we looking at a shark in the lower rigjt hand corner? Very near shore.

[@Mike-zb7ts]

I meant at 1:18.

[@garypalmer5441]

I don't think they had legropes in those days. I think your nerves got you slow down if your gunna tell a story get the facts right. And it's called the ground not the floor.

[@skinrat81374]

Lol @ all these salty dogs pickin you apart for mentioning a leash

[@devinmcculloch7231]

Indonesians know nothing of a surfing nature reserve.

[@adambane1719]

This guy using other peoples KZbin videos to make his own no effort videos is the really SAD thing here.

[@benny3337]

Cool video & good editing too👍